COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (MP3)
RECITALS:
Welcome to cannibalmusic.com, inc.'s Digital Delivery
Service. You must enter into this Cooperative Distribution Agreement (sometimes
referred to hereinafter as the “Agreement”) if you want to submit,
including but not limited to, compact discs (hereinafter “CDs”),
music, Media [as hereinafter defined below in paragraph 3(c)], Materials [as
hereinafter defined below in paragraph 3(b)] and any and all other content (hereinafter
sometimes referred to jointly and severally as the “Works” or
“Work”) to cannibalmusic.com, inc.'s
Digital Delivery Service (the "Service").
As used in this Agreement, "we," or "cannibalmusic.com," or
"us," means cannibalmusic.com, inc., its Affiliates and/or assigns,
and "you" means the individual and/or entity submitting, including
but not limited to, CDs, music, Media, Materials and/or other content to
cannibalmusic.com, inc.
Any individual or entity that wants to use the Service must accept the terms of
this Agreement without change. By adding this item to your shopping cart, and
completing the credit card transaction, you will have fully AGREED TO THIS
COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT.
The initial cost for the Service is only $19.99 plus 6%
After payment for this Service, you agree to promptly furnish us, at your sole cost and expense, with one (1) original music track in MP3 format, not to exceed 5 megabytes, together with an original image, in jpg or gif format, to be used to identify your MP3.
Subject to any and all terms of this Agreement, we will offer for sale and fulfill orders for INSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of your Work. We will provide secure credit card processing for all transactions. We will promote your Work at our website, by including, but not limited to, a sound preview, a description and the image you provided for a minimum of one year.
Subject to any and all terms of this Agreement, and, more specifically,
paragraph eight (8) below, we will generally pay you fifty (50%) percent of any
reasonable selling price that you set as your sole remuneration (your
“royalty”). It is understood and agreed we will charge the buyer
our reasonable shipping and handling charges together with the applicable
taxes. The shipping and handling charges together with the applicable taxes
will not be included in the calculation of your compensation.
We will pay you monthly, after our credit card company and bank have advised
that the buyers' funds have cleared our accounts and the sales are final.
This deal is NON-EXCLUSIVE. You’re free to market your Work
elsewhere.
After one year of promotion, we may archive, remove and/or suspend your Work
from the Service without terminating this Agreement, which shall remain in full
force and effect.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1) Recitals. Both you and we acknowledge that the foregoing recitals are true
and correct, incorporated herein and agreed to by this reference as if fully
set forth hereat.
2) Eligibility. You may only submit Materials, as defined below, to the Service
for which you own and/or control all intellectual property rights. In other
words, if you submit a song to us, you must either own all the rights in the
sound recording (including rights in the performance embodied in the sound
recording) and the musical composition (the music and words) or have the
express written authorization of the person who does own those rights. For
example, if you have recorded a song written by another individual, you may not
submit it to us without the composer's written permission. Similarly, you must
have all rights, including without limitation, all copyrights, trademark rights
and publicity rights of third parties, to any and all Materials that you submit
to the Service. Further, the Service is limited to parties that lawfully can
enter into and form contracts under applicable law. Minors may not submit
Materials to the Service.
3) Definitions. As used in this Agreement, (a) "Affiliates" means any
entity controlled by, in control of, or under common control with
cannibalmusic.com, inc., (b) "Materials" means any and all content
that you submit to cannibalmusic.com, inc., including, but not limited to, any
and all sound recordings, musical compositions, lyrics, photographs, illustrations,
graphics, text, computer programs and video, and (c) "Media" means
any means of conveying information, including, without limitation, the
Internet, Digital Files, Downloadable Files, Compact Disc ("CD"),
DVD, MiniDisc or other portable media, Television,
Film, Broadband, and/or Radio, whether now known or hereafter devised.
4) License Grant for Materials. You hereby grant to cannibalmusic.com, inc.,
its Affiliates and/or assigns, a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide,
perpetual license to (a) reproduce, distribute, transmit, publicly perform,
sell, and publicly display the Materials, in whole or in part, in any manner
and Media, (b) create samples of the Materials, including, without limitation,
any and all sound recordings, musical compositions, lyrics, photographs,
illustrations, graphics, text, computer programs, and video that are included
in or with the Materials, and reproduce, distribute, transmit, sell, and
publicly perform such samples, in any manner and Media, (c) create compilations
that contain the Materials, including but not limited to any and/or all sound
recordings, musical compositions, lyrics, photographs, illustrations, graphics,
text, computer programs, and video that are included therein, and to reproduce,
distribute, transmit, sell and publicly perform such compilations, in any
manner and Media, and (d) encode or otherwise convert the Materials into such
formats, such sizes and in any Media as may be required by cannibalmusic.com,
inc., its Affiliates and/or assigns to carry out the Service.
5) License for Trademarks and Likenesses. You hereby grant to
cannibalmusic.com, inc., its Affiliates and/or assigns, a nonexclusive,
irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual license to use all trademarks, trade names,
and the names and likenesses of any individuals that appear in the Materials.
We will use these marks, names and likenesses only in connection with the
Service and the Materials.
6) Third Parties Acting on Our Behalf. The licenses that you are hereby
granting extend to cannibalmusic.com, inc., its Affiliates &/or assigns,
and/or to any individual or entity designated or otherwise engaged by
cannibalmusic.com, inc., &/or its Affiliates, &/or its assigns, to the
extent such individual or entity is acting on our &/or any Affiliate's
&/or any assign's behalf.
7) Your Commitment to Supply the Media Containing the Materials (i.e. CDs) and
Obtain and/or Pay for Licensing. We may decide, in our sole discretion, to
offer your Work in any and all Media. In that event, you agree to furnish us with
as many hard copies as we, in our sole discretion, deem are necessary to
fulfill anticipated demand. You bear the entire cost of furnishing us with your
Materials on Media suitable for sale. In the event you cannot meet demand,
and/or fail to promptly send us the hard copies of the Media containing the
Materials (i.e. CDs) for any reason, and/or fail to obtain any and all
licensing for the Material(s) in any and/or all Media (including but not
limited to compulsory, mechanical, internet, new media, and/or performance
licenses and/or fees), we, at our sole and exclusive option and at your sole
and exclusive expense, may obtain any and all licensing that we deem, in our
sole discretion, is necessary to fully enjoy the grant of the licenses
contained within this Agreement, and, use your Materials and Media as a master
or masters, and make copies thereof in any and all Media which will be deemed
to be licensed to us pursuant to the terms contained in paragraphs 4, 5, and 6
of this Agreement, and more generally, pursuant to all terms contained in this
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
8) Your Royalty, Our Right to Reduce Your Price, and Our Monthly Membership Plan. Generally, we will pay you fifty (50%) percent of the selling price you set for your Work as your sole remuneration (your “royalty”) for each sale thereof. We may reduce your selling price to the lowest price advertised anywhere. We may adjust your selling price if it is unreasonable. We may give a reasonable discount to any customer who purchases greater than $25.00 at any one time, and/or becomes a registered member of our community. In the event we do reduce, adjust and/or discount your selling price, your royalty shall be fifty (50%) percent of the reduced, adjusted and/or discounted price. We may offer membership plan(s) allowing unlimited downloads of any and all Work(s) for a reasonable monthly membership fee, in which event, you will not receive a “royalty” based upon the selling price that you set for any and all Work(s) downloaded pursuant to our monthly membership plan(s), but, instead, for those downloads you SHALL receive twenty-five percent (25%) of the price, which we, in our sole discretion, set and actually receive for the monthly membership plan(s) (prorated monthly), times a fraction, of which the numerator will be the number of files containing your Work(s) downloaded pursuant to the monthly membership plan(s) for the month, and of which the denominator will be the total number of files downloaded pursuant to the monthly membership plan(s) for the month. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to compilations, in any and all Media, embodying your Work(s), together with those of others, the price, which we in our sole discretion will set for the compilation, shall first be reduced by any and all expenses and/or costs (including without limitation, recording, production, manufacturing, licensing, packaging, and Media) we incur, or will incur, with respect to same on a prorated basis, and your royalty shall be twenty-five percent (25%) of the net price (after deduction of the foregoing expenses and costs) times a fraction, of which the numerator will be the number of files of your Work(s) contained in the compilation, and of which the denominator will be the total number of files contained in the compilation. It is understood and agreed that for any and all sales whatsoever, we will charge the buyer our reasonable shipping and handling charges together with the applicable taxes. The shipping and handling charges together with the applicable taxes will not be included in the calculation of your royalty and/or compensation for our monthly membership plan(s). Your royalty together with your compensation for our monthly membership plan(s) shall be your sole remuneration under this Agreement.
9) Representations, Warranties and Indemnities. You represent and warrant to
cannibalmusic.com, inc., its Affiliates, and/or assigns, that (a) you have the
right, power, and authority necessary to enter into this Agreement, to fully
perform your obligations hereunder, and to grant the licenses set forth in
Paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 above, (b) you will comply fully with all terms of this
Agreement, (c) the Materials submitted to us by you, do not and will not
violate, misappropriate or infringe any intellectual property right, including
but not limited to trademark rights, copyrights, moral rights and publicity
rights of any third party, (d) you possess all rights necessary for the
reproduction, distribution, transmission, public performance, sale, public
display, and other exploitation of the Materials by us, our Affiliates, and/or
assigns, including but not limited to the right to reproduce, distribute, sell
and publicly perform any sound recording, video and/or musical composition
included in the Materials in any and all Media, (e) the Materials are not
pornographic, obscene, libelous, defamatory, tortious,
or otherwise unlawful, (f) all factual statements included in the Materials or
otherwise submitted by you are accurate and not misleading, (g) you have either
complied and will continue to comply with the compulsory licensing provisions
of Title 17 of the United States Code, or have paid and will continue to pay
any and all licenses (including but not limited to compulsory, mechanical,
internet, new media, and/or performance licenses and/or fees) for the
performance, sale, manufacture, reproduction and/or distribution, including,
without limitation, digital reproduction and/or digital distribution and/or
digital broadcast and/or streaming over the internet or otherwise, of the
Materials in any and all forms and/or Media, (h) you understand and agree any
and all Materials in any and all forms and Media will not be copy protected or
watermarked; notwithstanding, it is and will be unlawful for any and all third
party(ies) to make unauthorized copies and/or engage
in unauthorized distribution of the Materials, (i)
you understand and agree that it is your sole responsibility, at your sole cost
and expense, to prevent the unauthorized duplication, reproduction and/or
distribution of the Materials, and (j) neither you, the Materials, nor the
Media violate any and all laws, including but not limited to U.S. federal,
state, and local laws, regulations, rules, statutes, etc. You agree to indemnify,
defend, save and hold cannibalmusic.com, inc., its Affiliates and/or assigns
harmless from, including but not limited to, any and all claims, suits,
liabilities, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses) that are inconsistent with any and/or all
representation(s), agreement(s), understanding(s), covenant(s) and/or warranty(ies) set forth in this Agreement and/or that arise from
your breach of any and/or all representation(s), agreement(s), understanding(s),
covenant(s) and/or warranty(ies) set forth in this
Agreement.
10) Restrictions. You agree that you will not submit Materials that are
unlawful, pornographic, libelous, defamatory, tortious,
obscene, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, or that otherwise
violate general cannibalmusic.com, inc. community standards. We expressly
reserve the right to remove or not make available any Materials in any and all
Media that we deem to be in violation of this Agreement, applicable laws or our
community standards in our sole discretion. You agree that you will not upload,
post, e-mail or otherwise transmit Materials to us &/or our Affiliates
&/or our assigns that contain software viruses or any other computer code,
files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of
any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
11) No Obligation. Although we have the right to include your Materials in the
Service or in any Media at any time, we do not have the obligation to offer
them for sale or display them at our website beyond the first year of Service.
We may, in our sole discretion, archive the Material and offer it again for
sale at any time. You may pay an annual fee, which is to be determined, to insure
that your Materials are not archived, but displayed and offered for sale after
the first year of Service. After the first year of Service, we may archive,
remove or suspend the Materials in any and all Media from the Service without
terminating this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
12) cannibalmusic.com, inc.'s
Intellectual Property. Without our prior written consent, you may not use our
intellectual property, including, without limitation, our trademarks, trade
names, trade dress, or copyrighted material, in any manner.
13) Waiver. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, CANNIBALMUSIC.COM, INC. ITS AFFILIATES AND/OR ASSIGNS WILL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM BREACH OF CONTRACT OR WARRANTY OR FROM
NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF (OR KNEW OR SHOULD KNOWN OF) THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
14) Disclaimer. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND. WE DO NOT MAKE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES REGARDING OUR SITE AND THE PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH
OUR SITE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING
(WITHOUT LIMITATION) IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
15) Miscellaneous. This Agreement is our entire understanding and all prior
understandings, representations, negotiations, and/or agreements, if any, are
merged herein. Any changes to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by
the party to be charged. If any provision of this Agreement is declared invalid
by any tribunal, then such provision shall be deemed automatically adjusted to conform
to the requirements for validity as declared at such time and, as so adjusted,
shall be deemed a provision of this Agreement as though originally included
herein. In the event that the provision invalidated is of such a nature that it
cannot be so adjusted, the provision shall be deemed deleted from this
Agreement as though the provision had never been included herein. In either
case, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect. This Agreement is entered into in
CannibalMusic.com, Inc.
Elliot Zimmerman, President
Phone: (954) 476-6667
Fax: (954) 472-5911
c. 2002 cannibalmusic.com, inc.
All Rights Reserved
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